The Goon Show

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BBC Radio 7

Comedy: Sketch

Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe and Peter Sellers star in the groundbreaking classic comedy.

Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe and Peter Sellers star in BBC radio's groundbreaking classic comedy.

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The Goon Show: Series 9: The Seagoon Memoirs

The Seagoon Memoirs

Series 9

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Goon Show, Series 9, The Seagoon Memoirs

Driving a piano on the Great North Road, Neddie must seek Bloodnok's assistance. From 1958

Driving a piano on the Great North Road, Neddie must seek Bloodnok's assistance. Stars Spike Milligan. From December 1958.

Driving a piano on the Great North Road, Neddie Seagoon must seek the assistance of Bloodnok.

Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Larry Stephens and Maurice Wiltshire.

Starring:

Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan

First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest shows weren’t kept in the archive.

With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray.

Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.

Announcer: Wallace Greenslade

Producer: John Browell

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in December 1958.

The Goon Show: Series 9

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